Container



oct. 9,1923. `1,470,79

J. ROHDIEK CONTAINER Filed July 26, 1920 i JOHN sH1i1Ei;,.or New YORK;

, turistaA TENT OFFICE i n. fr., Assisnon To JACOB PrEIrjrnR, or ,Nnw i' Yoan, n. Y. y

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Application 1ed`nTu1'y`26, 1920.1. SerialNo. 398,871;

Be 'it known' that I, JOHN Rowman, 4a Vcitizen ofthe :United States, andy residentrfof the city ofNew Yorkfin they county' and 5 State of yNew Yorlnfhave inventedcerta-in new and useful Improvements. in -Containers, of which the following is a description. This invention relates tofcoifitainers,"` and has for its primary object 'to providel a sec- 103tional 4container with simple andre'liahle 1. l y

other yifornroi'the invention, and7 KVineans for detachably connecting V.thecontainer sections to protect the.- contents thereof' l.without requiring 4 'the provision of a separate closure for `thelopen -side of leach 16 section@ The presentrin-vention is particularly vdesigned for the purpose of vend-ingshoe-polishes, and-'contemplates the-provision of sepf arable container sections, `one of which-'may t0 contain pa tan polish, andthe 4otherna black polish, @and said container -Vsections vhaving Y' complementary coactlng means' on thelrmarginal edges' whereby the sections may be separablylocked together to'v exclude'V dust l 25501- n'ioisture"fromv the'interior 'of fthemcon` `r nular flange, and from this flange a pluralityk of slotted resilient locking tonguesareprojected. The otherv section ofthefcontainerisjprovided on its annular wall"withfa rela@ tively narrow Voutwardly projecting flange i k ',aclaptedto seat upon'the flange `ofthe lirst section, and upon the :tongues thereof and havingl radially disposed lugs-adapted for interlocking Tengajgeinent inthe slots ofk said tongues kupon imparting relative turning i' 40 vnuwenoent'in the Acontainer sections.`lr

It 1s 1also vthefpurpose ofniy inventionto provide` a container as abovecharacterized, the Vparts of which may ,be readily: stamped 2 frono sheetinetal, and'rwhich can,}the`refore,

-fbee1nployed as a container'for `vendable commodities'V without greatly l increasing the y production hor sellingcost of such-commodiv ties.'I i

` Withrthe ab,

construction `and' vrelative arrangement vof p theseveral parts,;as Willfbe hereinafter more fully l"described, yillustrated in Athe acconipanyincrjdrawing, and subsequentlyk incorporate in the "subjoined claim,V

50 i .the nvemmn'conssts mitheimproved form, .1 ,fla-nge 7 7 f1.5 geen lnlgure. 2. .Thus ,1t will i In thedrawing,wherein Ighave illustrated several satisfactory and practical embodimentsofthe inventiongfand in which s'imilar construction .of the container` y Figure 2V is. al diametrical sectional-fA view taken .on ltheline V2 7-'2 yof Figure l.

lIligure is Vawplan view illustrating an-l Figure 4 is a. fragmentary vertical sectional view of thelatter forni of the device.h

Referring in detail to .the drawing, and more `particularly to Figures l and2 thereof, f

l 5 and 6 respectively designate thecontainer sections, each 1 of which isxstamped from a single metal'sheet.- The annular 'body' wall of the section 5 of the containerfis provided upon its edge with. theinwardly extendingannular flange 7. At equi-.distantly spaced points theftongnes 8 are cut from this flange,l andV `projected. upwardly above the horizontal plane` thereof. 'Thel free. inner end portions 9 kof theseV radially vdisposed tongues areangularly offset with respect to the outermost portions of the tongues, andy normally these free Vend .portions will be-positioned with 'their upper surfaces slightly" above the upper surface of .the flange: At' the fbendz in .each tongue a longitudinal slot i0. is .cut

therein, said slot l'heifng open at one end of' the tongue, as clearly shown inFigure. 1 0f the' drawing.

'The other container section `6 iisk provided, upon' itsannular body wall with a relatively narrow outwardly projecting annularflange 11,- an'd this flange, at"equidistantlyspacedy f points, is .formed with the radially disposed lugs 12.@A VL Y i In assembling the container sections, the section 6 is arranged in superposed relation tothe section '5, andwith the open4V sides ofl said 'container .sections opposed. The nar-` row flange 1l ofi the section 'is-engaged upon the llangey 7, and the inner ends 9 of .the'tongues 8, and a sufficient 'pressure 1s exertedagainst the section` 6 to depressthe inner endsi ofthe tongues so that they will 'be disposed in a Ycommonpla-ne with .the''f be eviden-t that the flange -11 has close-conslots 10 ofl the v"resilient tonguesl 8 and engage itzwill bek understood that the container sec-` outwardly projecting lugs 12 will 'enter the beneath the outer portions of said tongues.

'The inherent `resiliency of the metal results inf a constant'ten'dency of the 'tongues 8 to` return to their normal positions with respect y to the flange 7. 4The upward frictionalpres sure of the offset ends 9 of these'tong'ues against the upper side ofthe flangellgcreates a corresponding frictional binding contact 'ofr thej lugs 12 against the under sides of the outerportions ofthe-tongues 8; vThus tions are securely held in connected relation,

and a casual reverse turning Inovementof i the container sections; tending to release `the lugs 12 from engagement in the slotslO,

; isobviated. Thus. the Vcontainer maybe of .the containersections. f v

` It will'alsov be observed that by, reason of .the peculiarvconstruction of the interlocking `rapid deterioration, f

freely handled in unpacking a shipment, or in arranging ,the containers fori display without liability of the accidental separation .connections for-the .container sections, the

.container'is substantially dirt and fmoisture proof, and .the contents ofthe container,

sections will, therefore, be.V protected against -In Figures 3 and 4 ofthe drawingiI have illustratedaslightly modified. embodiment Y, of the device,y wherein each `container section 5f and 6 is provided upon its annular wall with narrow V outwardly projecting v325 flanges 13and14 respectively. These flanges` `have their outer edge portions offset, asA at 15,cout..of the planes of the innerportions ofthe iianges, and the offset portion of the flange lehasgheaded .locking studs 16 :fixed thereinf The fiange 14 of the other contain-V er section is `provided with the. key slots 17 at spaced pointsjthrough the enlarged ends 181of which the heads ofthe'locking'studs:

are adapted to be engaged. In'this construction V'I have shown the contents of each container sectioncovered by'a. sheet of pai-, 'affine paper or other protective material, as-V vindicated at 19, and the marginal edges of J these` papersheets extend between-the in-Y ner portions of the flanges 13 .and 14 of the container sections when'the sections if `are locked together in assembled relation.

nItfwill be readily understood from an-fi'n- 1;

spection of the drawing that the sections of the container vmay be quickly connected by simply arrangingV the` section 6 in super-V posed relation tothe section 5f so that the Y headed studs 16v'vill pass vthrough the en llarged ends of the key hole Vslots V17.V .By then turning thesections relative'to each .other the shank portions ofthese studs are positioned in the narrow ends of the slotsl?,

and/with the heads of thefstuds bearing v V'upon the upper face of the flange 14,-as illus-V f trated in Figure 3. Of course, a reverse turn-l Vthe spirit and; vscopejof the invention fas a turedfandf as :the 'locking ,orl connecting meansfor thev container vsections constitutes a permanent structural feature of .thecon -Vtainer, the possible Ylossthereof is precluded, fso that the container sections maybe easily .and quickly-assembledand connected to each l other after each use of the contents thereof.

It will, therefore,be appreciated that such a sectionalV container is particular-ly desirable `vas a; receptacle or holder for different kinds of shoe polishesand analogous-materials.

.In the drawingzI have illustrated k'the con- I tainer asof cylindrical form, but itis ap-.

parentxthatzthejdevicei might also be producedin variousother shapes, andlilrewise Vin different sizes, as might be found ,most

desirable in viewv ofthe .particular use.k for Y .which the container is -tow Vbe employed.-

While I vhavel'herein s et; forth theseveral essential featuresof vthe invention with more or less particularity, it isjevident thatthe container might alsof be exemplified in nu'- merous other alternative constructions, and

I accordingly reserve the privilege of adopting all such, legitimate changesand imodifications as maybe.V fairly embodied within ClaimedV I claimf:

Acontainer comprising-apartir of complementary sections, ,Y one of' said sections vals, said tongues being .pressed upwardly from the plane of said flangeV and having their Vfree under .end Vportions offset downwardly from` the upwardly pressed parts of the tongues, said .free end portions having their upper surfaces slightly .above the] upper surfalce .ofsaid flange, said tongues being of resilient material, saidA tongues havinglongi- Y tudinalslots therein between the free ends Y `and the pressed up portions, saidslots being-v vopen at one end of the tongues, said .other section havinga relatively narrow.; flange adapted to rest upon the .first mentioned flange and 'to be ,rotatable thereon, vsaidf'last named,` flange having radially disposed lugs adapted toenter. the slotsv in said tongues..

testimonythat I claim the `'foregoing as my invention, IyhaveV signed my, name hereunder,

having, an inturned iange provided' with Y i tongues l"cut out therefrom at suitable inter- 

